This chapter came out of nowhere and I hope you enjoy it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and read the last chapter.

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Later that night.

Catherine and Steve put Sawyer to bed, reading her two stories before she finally went to sleep. Catherine made sure that they had the baby monitor, Steve knew it was because Sawyer was not familiar enough with the house. Tricia and James had went to bed as Steve and Catherine put Sawyer to bed. The couple decided they should head to bed as well, the team was coming over in the morning and bringing breakfast. Catherine changed quickly before climbing in bed, waiting on Steve to join her.

"I think we should get a gate to put at the top of the stairs until she is used to being here all the time." He told her as he walked out of bathroom.

"Probably a good idea."

"Okay, let's talk because I can see the wheels in your head turning."

"I was thinking that I could take time off work or at least work from home. I could use your dad's office, if that's okay with you, at least until we find a daycare or pre-school that we both agree on. We have a couple of months before school starts."

"Are you sure that you want to take time off or work from here?"

"Yes, I know we talked a lot about me not retiring or leaving the Navy when I was pregnant but right now all I want to be is her mom."

"Just her mom." He said with a smirk.

"I want to be with you and her, you already know that." As she leaned over and kissed him.

"Now tell me what you are thinking." She told as she pulled away.

"I want you to be happy and I will do everything I can to make you happy. I don't want you to feel like you are losing yourself, however I don't want to just put her in the first daycare or pre-school we find."

"I agree and the truth is both of us working at Five-O we would most likely need a nanny and I am not comfortable enough with the thought of someone living with us and being with her all the time."

"Things need to settle down a little more."

"Exactly."

"Okay, then we talk to the governor maybe you become a consultant."

"That does sound good, that way I wouldn't be in the field unless it was absolutely necessary."

"Well we figured something out."

She nodded knowing the next part of this conversation could go bad.

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"I was also wondering when you are going to tell Mary and Doris about Sawyer."

"I think with Mary the sooner the better, so maybe I'll give her a call on Sunday."

"Are you sure you want to tell her over the phone?"

"Yeah, it's not like when she found out about Doris being alive. She is probably not going to be happy but I think she will understand and we can plan visit for her and Joan."

"You should also call Aunt Deb and ask her to come with them."

"Yeah, that's a good idea. Do you think it will overwhelm peanut?"

"No, she handled everyone really well after she stopped pretending to be shy."

Steve knew she was thinking more Doris then Mary or Aunt Deb.

"I have no idea where Doris is or when she is going to show back up."

"Do you think Joe has already told her?"

"I asked him after she disappeared again, he said no. I explained that we still did not want everyone to know but I don't know for sure."

"You mean I didn't want her to know."

"Cath, I agreed with you."

Cath looked at him, remembering the fight they had a couple of years ago.

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Flashback

Steve had told her about the reunion between Mary and their mother, Catherine had doubts about Doris and while she was trying to keep an open minded, Catherine was not comfortable with Sawyer being brought in to the mess. After the way, she reacted when Mary didn't want to see, Catherine was afraid that Doris would try anything to bring Sawyer to the island, this caused the first fight between she and Steve in several years. She was just glad the Doris was not in the house.

"It is not happening, Steve."

"Catherine, we need to at least talk about. She is my mother."

"Who left you and brought WoFat into our lives. I am Sawyer's mother and it's not happening."

"And I am her father, so you are saying that nothing I have to say matters and you are the only one that can make decisions about Sawyer."

"I am well aware that you are her father and I am not saying that I am the only one that makes the decisions or that your opinion does not matter."

"Then what?" he said louder than he meant.

Catherine flinched a little before saying anything.

"Do you trust her? Do you trust that she will not go and see her or try to convince us to bring her to the island?"

Steve just looked at her, taken back by the fact that he had scared Catherine.

"I am sorry but I don't. She had a chance to end this with WoFat instead she let him go. If we tell her she is going to insist on meeting Sawyer and you seen the way she reacted when Mary didn't want to see her. Tell me how you are going to handle things when she goes behind your back."

"We lay down the ground rules and she'll understand the reasons why she can't meet her."

"Really? You believe that your mother is just going to say okay, I have a granddaughter but that's okay I don't need to meet her!"

"Cath." He started before she interrupted him.

"No Steve. I mean you have spent more time with her then I have, so if you think she is going to listen and do what is best for OUR daughter then by all means lets go tell her. If we are telling her then we need tell Danny, Chin, and Kono because all hell is going to break out."

"We both need to calm down." As he started towards the lanai.

"You don't get to walk away from this argument." As she followed him out the door.

"You are not listening and I don't want to raise my voice and scare you." As he sat down on in chair.

"Tell me why this is so important right now. Make me understand why you think this needs to happen right now. I don't understand because after everything with your dad, I asked if you wanted to bring her here until I could get a permanent assignment at Pearl. You told me that it was to dangerous for her to be here."

"She is my mother." He stated simply.

"Steve, I need more than that. I am sorry but we haven't told your sister or your team, who I know you trust."

"Maybe she will stick around this time and understand why it is important to end things with WoFat. Maybe she will want to be with this family."

Catherine finally understood, Steve was trying to show his mother what a family should be or look like. She also seen the hurt boy, whose mother left him and felt abandoned by his father. She wondered if this is how Sawyer would look as adult.

"Steve, I wish I could change the past for you. You deserve so much better then you had, I am sorry I wasn't listening to you. I can't help but go back to you telling me that Sawyer is not safe here. We both have wanted our family together, have we wasted the last year or two not being with her."

Before he answered he pulled her on to his lap.

"We have not wasted time with her. She knows us and that we love her, I can't wait for her to be with us all the time. I understand your fears about telling Doris and I realize that you don't trust her yet. Cath, I just thought if we told her, she would understand that for me ending this thing with WoFat is not about revenge. I want her to understand that it about giving my daughter both of her parents and her family."

"I understand now but I still don't believe that she will just stay away from Sawyer. I don't what a scene made at my parent's house or in front of Sawyer. I am asking that you think about more and then we have another discussion, only next time it stays calm."

"I can do that and I agree that it needs to stay calm." Before he kissed.

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Present time

"Do you still think we made the right decision about not telling Doris?" she asked.

"Yes, she wouldn't have stayed."

"Steve, no matter what is going on with your mother. She made her decision and it's not yours or Mary's fault."

"I know. Honestly, we shouldn't worry about Doris until we have to. She may never show back up and I refuse to tell Sawyer about her until we have to."

"I agree. I don't think we need to make any other decisions night. When it comes to your mom, I will follow your lead."

"I love you, Catherine Rollins."

"I love you, Steve McGarrett." Before she kissed him again.

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Should Doris be a part of this story? I haven't decided yet and I am wondering what everyone thinks. The next chapter will have Sawyer and Cath's parents.